Google's Android and cloud computing"

Google's Android and "cloud computing"-general Linux technology-Linux technology and application information. The following is a detailed description. Eric Schmidt, Google's president, publicly called the old "C/S" computing model the "oracle model" at a "Search Engine Development Strategy Seminar", and he (Google) what we want is a new type of "Cloud Computing" ("Cloud Computing "). So what does "cloud computing" mean?

The definition of "cloud computing" in Wikipedia is: when developing extremely rich applications on the internet) ("Shorthand "). According to cloud computing, software installed on traditional personal computers will be transferred to the Internet for access through the Internet. This means that the "computing power" that an individual needs is transferred to the Internet (that is, the so-called "Cloud") for operation, regardless of the access means, such as using smart phones. Let's make it clear that the Internet "cloud" is a collection of machines (a large number of computers or virtual servers), with many network applications (such, web 2.0 applications), providing "online access" to Internet users ". "Cloud Computing", unlike "Grid Computing", seems more complex than it.

IT seems that "cloud computing" involves thousands of CPUs working collaboratively at the same time, And IT giants like Google and IBM can use virtual machine technology in a large amount. Google launched Android, which must involve "cloud computing". Now, IBM cola. In the future, the social computing capability will be "centralized ". It is said that Everex's green computer "gPC" (based on the Linux platform) plans to sell millions of computers next year, while supercomputers (Android, based on the Linux platform) will also be listed in large quantities in the second half of next year, they all comply with the development trend of "cloud computing. Microsoft Vista is too fat to run. Microsoft cannot be the leader of cloud computing ).

Recently, the well-known It critic Glyn Moody (actually a technical writer) said, "Although the free software desktop (currently) is progressing satisfactorily, the increasingly clear fact is that desktop (sales) it has entered a inherited market, and the importance of this market itself is narrowing down ". Glyn Moody believes that the debate on the desktop market share has become a problem. The current problem is: the future of personal computing, such as the size of the market share of ultra-micro computing (mobile) devices based on Web. Obviously, in this regard, GNU/Linux is already at the very beginning (well ahead )".

The super-Micro Computer (also known as the "ultra-micro Linux desktop") represented by Google Android is a natural combination of the Linux operating system and is in line with the development direction of "cloud computing. We should understand this trend as early as possible, embrace and accept this objective development trend.